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PROCESS OF PREPARING BANE REBDS FOR WEAVING. No. 412,737. I Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EFICE.

ANDREAS AUGUST EI-IRIOH, OF IIEIPSIC, GERMANY.

PROCESS OF PREPARING CANE REEDS FOR WEAVING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,737, dated Octob r 15, 1889.

Application filed September 21, 1886. Serial No. 214,123. (No specimens.)

To (0Q 1072 0111, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREAS AUGUST EHRIOH, a citizen of Germany, residing at Leipsic, in the Empire of Germany, have invented a new and Improved Process of Preparing Cane Reeds for Weaving, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved pro of its outer skin. The remaining central part is then split and impregnated or saturated with a mixture of lye and glycerine. This mixture softens the cane and renders it pliable. -It is now in condition to be mashed or flattened between a pair of rollers, through which it is drawn. This completes the operation and puts the cane in condition to be Woven into various fabrics.

In Fig. 2 the prepared cane is shown to be used as a warp in a belt or band with any suitable weft.

I claim as my invention- The process of preparing cane reeds for weaving, which consists in removing the skin, splitting the cane, impregnating it with a softening mixture, and mashing it, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREAS AUGUST EHRIOH.

Witnesses:

J. v. BRIESEN, OTTO SAoH. 

